Improved post-auger



waited tatre @tutti @Mire GEORGE SEEGER AND' CHARLES 1a.'sHAiurEafy or oLARKs HILL,

, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 98,196, dated Decem'ber 21, 1869; a'ntedatezl December 1l, 1869.

IMPROVED POST-AUGER The Schedule referred tv o in these Letters Patent and making'part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE SEEGER and CHARLES HA SHAFEER, of Clarks Hill, in the county of Tippecanoe, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved lPost-Hole Auger; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, lin

' which- Figure 1 is a side view.

Figure 2 is a cross-section.

Figure 3, detached view of leg Z' and rack m.

Figure 4, section, showing the operation lof the arm e.A

This invention relates to a post-hole boring-apparatus, mounted upon a wheelbarrow; and

The invention consists in providing the barrow with legs, that may be either turned up ont of the way, or

adjusted at any required angle, so as to keep thel barrow level when on uneven ground; also in an apparatns for cleansing the auger; also in a device for a spur-gear, e".

Parallel with this shaft is another shaft, d, on the other side of the ii'ame-work,^which shaft may bev shifted lengthwise, so that while in one position, its small spur-gear, d', engages with the gear c, and thus sets in motion the windlass c', by which the auger is elevated; in another position the wheels c" and d are thrown ont of gear, and the wheels d", on the shaft d and a' on the drill, are thrown into gear, and the anger consequently rotated.

A We provide a device for keeping the shaft d in this latter position as long as necessary, the same-consisting of an arm, e, hung upon a pivot on one of the standards A, a little above the shaft, andvat its lower end provided with a pin, e', projecting backward, and. intended to enter an oriiice in the bearing vot' the shaft d, and tot in a transverse groove, d, in said shaft, and thus prevent theshaft from moving endwise'.

The lower end of the arm e should be weighted, the more readily to accomplish this result.

To accomplish its ready extricationom the groove Ain the shaft, we hang upon the same pivot the pawl h,

whichha's a finger, h', on its under side, which finger'- bears upon a rib, e, on the outside of the arm e, when the arm isengaged with the shaft d. u

By pressing down upon the pawl h, the arm is easily thrown out, and the shaft d may be moved endwise a am.

gThe shaft d is provided with a crank on each-end, for the application of power.l f

On the under side of the barrow B, which supports the frame A A, there is an inverted .hollow cone, e', through the centre of which the' auger` passes, which cone has two wings, i. t', projecting one from each side. q

If the cutting blades bedrawn up against the wings i', andrnbbed against the same, their upper surfaces may be thereby cleaned, and the spaces loetween` the blades may be cleared. V

In one end of the barrow, we place a wheel,k, 1n

suitable bearings, for the transportation of' the apparatus.

When this is to be done, the legs l' lare-turned back ont of the way, the `legs 4being pivoted to the side-pieces of the barrow.

' Curved racks m rn, are placed one on each leg, by means of which, a nd pins, the legs may be set at any angle which may be required in order to keep the barrow level, whether the ground be level or not.

In order to indicate whether the barrow be level or not,fwe suspend a plumb-line', rt, to the top of the` frame.

Having thus described our invention,

e What we claim as new. and desire to secure by Let- 1. In combination with the barrow B, the pivot'ed legs Z' and curved rack fm, as andl forl the purpose described.

2. The conical cleaner t, provided with the wings i' i', as and for the purpose described.

3.- 'rne pivoten am e, provided with the pin e, in

combination with the groove d ofthe shaft d, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE SEEGER.. CHARLES H. SHAFFER. Witnesses:

A. OR'rH BEHN, A. S. EMBREE. 

